Sam Sachdeva

@thomas_manch @davidcapie @jumacdo @CSS_VUW Thanks big dog

@SamSachdevaNZ @davidcapie @jumacdo @CSS_VUW Great work Sam

How NZ should handle nuclear weapons 'turning point' by ⁦@SamSachdevaNZ⁩ with quotes from ⁦@jumacdo⁩ ‘s talk at our ⁦@CSS_VUW⁩ conference yesterday. newsroom.co.nz/2026/03/11/how…

“The U.S. is also pressing allies not to invite Ukraine and the alliance’s four official Indo-Pacific partners — Australia, New Zealand, Japan and South Korea — to the formal meetings at NATO’s July summit in Ankara, the four diplomats said.” politico.eu/article/us-pre…

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Answer here: businessdesk.co.nz/article/infras…

Guess who said this, and about what?

@thomas_manch I'll forgive you this once, as long as you give me your 'Big Dog of the Week' award on Instagram

@SamSachdevaNZ The scooplet award is yours! I've exposed myself as being out of the Gallery scoop-loop here.

Interesting scoop. It's been clear that Cabinet ministers have had critical minerals on the mind for some time now - Collins started speaking of minerals in the EEZ early '25 - but that such an arrangement is in the works with the US is a step further than I'd anticipated.

The Detail is back on Monday. You don't have to wait for it to be played on RNZ ... any podcast platform will do the trick. Your efforts to keep 4.5 journalists gainfully employed this year is truly appreciated.

Here’s something about the NZ India FTA few are paying attention to. A clause in the deal apparently allows trade concessions to be rolled back if the US$20b investment from NZ to India doesn’t eventuate. Read it on @businessdesk_nz: businessdesk.co.nz/article/politi…

@essigna @black13830 Real to the best of my knowledge! Here's a different photo from the same event (PM's visit to India): instagram.com/p/DHT0YasTo6Q/

@black13830 @SamSachdevaNZ is Luxon really in that photo or is it AI? It looks off like the FTA #nzpol #nzpolitics

Yeah, inexperienced-man has bowed to them. "By backing the deal regardless of its outcomes for our own dairy sector, the Government has in a sense broken with the hard line taken by successive National and Labour administrations." newsroom.co.nz/2025/12/23/lux…

One Indian media outlet is reporting Modi and his Cabinet has signed off on a trade deal with NZ - does this mean Luxon and McClay will get the Christmas present they were after?👀 business-standard.com/economy/news/c…

The tax department is having a company linked to the operations of Destiny Church liquidated and has applied to have another of the church’s trusts shut down. newsroom.co.nz/2025/11/25/ird…

The Detail has been funded for 2026 ... thanks to RNZ and NZ on Air!

Newsroom's @SamSachdevaNZ with an extended discussion with @SamRoggeveen about Australia, NZ & the future of our region. Currently pay-walled for Newsroom Pro, but if you don't subscribe (and you should!) I'll repost when it is released on the main site. newsroom.co.nz/2025/11/20/chi…

For many Kiwis, Saturday's record-breaking $55 million Powerball jackpot was an opportunity to dream big - but the Govt is after a financial windfall of its own, with ministers starting tentative discussions about a privatisation of Lotto. More @NewsroomNZ below:

ICYMI - My reporting over the weekend: Foreign ministry officials recommended "full recognition" of Palestine as Foreign Minister Winston Peters initially weighed the decision. This advice was utimately ignored: thepost.co.nz/politics/36088…

Christopher Luxon and Donald Trump meet one on one for the first time, ahead of an Apec leaders' dinner in Gyeongju, South Korea

A New Zealand ‘slave master’ and human trafficker is set to have two of his convictions quashed, after being caught up in a procedural bungle from the solicitor-general’s office. More @NewsroomNZ: newsroom.co.nz/2025/10/16/sla…

@secondzeit I had a feeling Lydia would win - but not by that sort of margin.

@SamSachdevaNZ Quite a turnaround

In 2022, Selwyn mayor Sam Broughton won a third term with a 12,049-vote margin. Now, he's 11,341 votes and counting behind mayor-elect Lydia Gliddon – pretty staggering change in fortunes. My pre-election @NewsroomNZ piece on Selwyn's growing pains below 👇